Dec 28 2014

Orion Health, a large health care software vendor based in Auckland, New Zealand, has completed an IPO which provides additional capital for expansion in the U.S.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/18/first-opinion-raises-6-million-in-series-a-from-polaris-partners-to-help-you-text/
Dec 28 2014

First Opinion has gathered an additional $6 million in capital for its medical advice app.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/18/first-opinion-raises-6-million-in-series-a-from-polaris-partners-to-help-you-text/
Dec 26 2014

The Government Accounting Office has issued a very scary report regarding state and local government finances.  Largely due to health care costs, they are expected to be in a significant and growing deficit position through the 2050s.  Time to immediately reform Medicaid and government employee pensions and health benefits.

http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/667623.pdf
Dec 25 2014

CareTech has been acquired by HTC Global Services.  Both companies provide IT services primarily for providers.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/12/health-company-caretech-acquired-hic-global/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=1708772ce4-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-1708772ce4-67677117
Dec 25 2014

Assurex Health reassured investors and got $30 million in exchange to continue to build its pharmacogenomics business focused on pain and behavioral health.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/12/assurex-expands-personalized-medicine-cash/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e5a50ab4b1-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-e5a50ab4b1-67677117
Dec 25 2014

Rubicon MD investors came across with $1.3 million in fresh capital to support an app to make specialty consultations efficient.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/12/rubiconmd-raises-1-3m-to-make-specialist-consults-more-efficient/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=1708772ce4-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-1708772ce4-67677117
Dec 25 2014

Moda Health, a Portland-based health insurer, has raised $50 million in new capital.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/12/portland-insurer-moda-health-raises-50m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e5a50ab4b1-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-e5a50ab4b1-67677117
Dec 22 2014

Anthem Health is acquiring Simply Healthcare, which offers Medicare and Medicaid plans, primarily in Florida.

http://ir.antheminc.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=130104&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2001440
Dec 22 2014

Startup Avhana Health is raising $750,000 to help hospitals deal with CMS' quality measures.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/12/health-startup-avhana-raising-750k/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=0053a995ad-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-0053a995ad-67648197
Dec 19 2014

Medicare is cutting payments to 721 hospitals by as much as 1% for their failure to improve infection rates and reduce other hospital-acquired conditions as much as CMS things they should.

http://kaiserhealthnews.org/news/medicare-cuts-payments-to-721-hospitals-with-highest-rates-of-infections-injuries/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+Daily+Health+Policy+Report&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=15357002&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8nBm5zUytNg8cfuSL1QqgxN9C2fRjOYz2rhdtDPgaxYFbTsi3LzPosNfSZJbWxNqD6qg4TGX5ji3XHxE9zq1iCVpN1RA&_hsmi=15357002
Dec 19 2014

AMN Healthcare Services, a large staffing firm, is acquiring three related businesses for $82.5 million, including Onward Healthcare, Locum Leaders and Medefis.

https://www.pehub.com/2014/12/pe-owned-amn-to-acquire-three-companies-for-82-5-mln/
Dec 19 2014

Investors have enlarged their investment in Amplify Health by $1.5 million to advance its ACO software products.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/12/health-startup-amplify-health-raising-1-5m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=6e7b5b195b-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-6e7b5b195b-67648197
Dec 18 2014

SoloHealth, which uses telehealth stations to screen for and manage chronic diseases, has raised a lonely $4.3 million in new capital.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/12/using-telehealth-to-screen-for-chronic-conditions-solohealth-raises-over-4-3m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e2ae6d6bb6-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-e2ae6d6bb6-67648197
Dec 18 2014

Investors of the world, I beg you, I beg you, beg you, beg you; please stop this madness, I can't take it anymore!  Feverish investors have put a hot $9.6 million into a smartphone-connected thermometer offered by Kinsa, but they may be cool to the returns.

http://www.excointouch.com/news/2014/12/15/albion-and-sep-complete-3.2m-growth-investment-in-exco-intouch
Dec 18 2014

Exco Intouch, a UK-based provider of patient data collection for pharma companies, has touched investors for 3.2 million pound investment.

http://www.excointouch.com/news/2014/12/15/albion-and-sep-complete-3.2m-growth-investment-in-exco-intouch